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Superstar
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The Movie:
I've stopped watching "Saturday Night Live" for a few years now, but I've occasionally seen clips from the skit that Molly Shannon has developed. As Mary Katherine Gallager, an unpopular Catholic schoolgirl that doesn't do anything to help her popularity with her odd behavior. Shannon was wonderful as Drew Barrymore's sidekick in "Never Been Kissed", but with "Superstar" she's forced to take a couple of minutes worth of material and stretch it to movie length.
Where the SNL movie "A Night At The Roxbury" actually had a handful of laughs, I sat through "Superstar" silently, with maybe a smile or two at most. In "Superstar", Mary Katherine wants nothing more to share a kiss with Sky (SNL's Will Ferrell). The problem with the entire character is that she's just too scary and strange for the audience to care about.
If I have one compliment about "Superstar" (and yes, I really do only have one), it's that Shannon dives into the role with more energy than it deserves. If there's one thing an 82 minute film shouldn't be it's that it feels like an eternity, and that's how I felt with this film. I'd just about had enough, and saw that I was only 35 minutes in.
I'm not going to go much further, because it's not worth it. There's nothing remotely funny about either this character or any of the lines. As bad as the first half of the film was, the second half simply becomes painful. This character may be funny for a couple of minutes, but spending 82 minutes with her is simply torture.
The DVD
VIDEO: Paramount simply keeps improving with each and every release - colors are warm and bright throughout, and they look impressively vibrant on this effort from the studio(think a similar color palette to "Clueless"). Images are sharp and have good detail as well. Black level is strong and flesh tones are natural. The only thing subtracting from the image is the occasional bit of shimmering. As expected, the print is in near-perfect condition.
"Superstar" looks better than it deserves to - even if I didn't find a thing funny about what was going on, it's a bright, colorful looking movie that does manage to look good on DVD.
SOUND: Not bad, although I wasn't expecting much from the audio in a movie like this. The addition of dance and rock music every so often throughout the picture does deliver some entertaining moments, as the music has a strong presence and manages to provide some decent bass, as well. Surrounds are used lightly on occasion, but there's really no other action going on. The focus remains on the dialogue, which is always (in this case, unfortunately) clear.
MENUS:: Extremely basic main menus, containing simply a shot of the cover as the main menu.
EXTRAS: Just the trailer. I suppose I appreciate not having to go to a "special features" menu to find that there's only a trailer, as it's on the main menu. I would have liked a commentary from Shannon, to let the audience know just what she was thinking when she decided to make this into a full-length feature.
Final Thoughts: I found nothing remotely funny about the movie. If you did enjoy it though, the audio/video quality offered by Paramount's DVD is very pleasing, although there's nothing much in terms of extras.
I've stopped watching "Saturday Night Live" for a few years now, but I've occasionally seen clips from the skit that Molly Shannon has developed. As Mary Katherine Gallager, an unpopular Catholic schoolgirl that doesn't do anything to help her popularity with her odd behavior. Shannon was wonderful as Drew Barrymore's sidekick in "Never Been Kissed", but with "Superstar" she's forced to take a couple of minutes worth of material and stretch it to movie length.
Where the SNL movie "A Night At The Roxbury" actually had a handful of laughs, I sat through "Superstar" silently, with maybe a smile or two at most. In "Superstar", Mary Katherine wants nothing more to share a kiss with Sky (SNL's Will Ferrell). The problem with the entire character is that she's just too scary and strange for the audience to care about.
If I have one compliment about "Superstar" (and yes, I really do only have one), it's that Shannon dives into the role with more energy than it deserves. If there's one thing an 82 minute film shouldn't be it's that it feels like an eternity, and that's how I felt with this film. I'd just about had enough, and saw that I was only 35 minutes in.
I'm not going to go much further, because it's not worth it. There's nothing remotely funny about either this character or any of the lines. As bad as the first half of the film was, the second half simply becomes painful. This character may be funny for a couple of minutes, but spending 82 minutes with her is simply torture.
The DVD
VIDEO: Paramount simply keeps improving with each and every release - colors are warm and bright throughout, and they look impressively vibrant on this effort from the studio(think a similar color palette to "Clueless"). Images are sharp and have good detail as well. Black level is strong and flesh tones are natural. The only thing subtracting from the image is the occasional bit of shimmering. As expected, the print is in near-perfect condition.
"Superstar" looks better than it deserves to - even if I didn't find a thing funny about what was going on, it's a bright, colorful looking movie that does manage to look good on DVD.
SOUND: Not bad, although I wasn't expecting much from the audio in a movie like this. The addition of dance and rock music every so often throughout the picture does deliver some entertaining moments, as the music has a strong presence and manages to provide some decent bass, as well. Surrounds are used lightly on occasion, but there's really no other action going on. The focus remains on the dialogue, which is always (in this case, unfortunately) clear.
MENUS:: Extremely basic main menus, containing simply a shot of the cover as the main menu.
EXTRAS: Just the trailer. I suppose I appreciate not having to go to a "special features" menu to find that there's only a trailer, as it's on the main menu. I would have liked a commentary from Shannon, to let the audience know just what she was thinking when she decided to make this into a full-length feature.
Final Thoughts: I found nothing remotely funny about the movie. If you did enjoy it though, the audio/video quality offered by Paramount's DVD is very pleasing, although there's nothing much in terms of extras.
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